1. Polska saved Vienna from the Tur(d)ks in 1687. A General by the name of Jan Sobieski. The Austrians (and Prussians/Germans) + Russkis returned the favor by conquering and dividing it 3 times, latest of which was 1939.

2. Without Kośćiuszko and Pulaski, I doubt that George Washington’s guerilla troops would’ve defeated your British hero, General York somewhere in upstate NY in the winter of 1781 and won the war.